Santa Barbara

Once again in 2013, San Roque was one of the most active neighborhoods with regards to real estate in Santa Barbara proper. The San Roque area tends to always be a desirable place to move into or move around once already there. The attractiveness of the San Roque area is based on a lot of factors:
Peabody is a very sought after school for many families.
The average household tends to be "affordable" for Santa Barbara standards...around $800,000 to $1.2 million on average.
The close proximity to both uptown and downtown. Each only... Continue Reading >

I am pleased to announce a new pocket listing. This unit is actively for sale right now, but will not be going into the Santa Barbara MLS until late January. Please call with any questions.
Offered Price: $1,335,000
Address: 929 Laguna Street #B, Santa Barbara CA 93101
Built in 2005, this luxurious newer premier development, "La Aldea", has just 5 units. Located only a quick stroll to Santa Barbara's renowned downtown area, this wonderful unit offers the lucky owners exceptional living. The developers and current owners finished this unit with the high-end custom... Continue Reading >

The Samarkand neighborhood is filled with beautiful family homes, a retirement community, a multipurpose park, lawn bowling and overall good quality living. At one time the desired land for a big aspiring hotel, the Samarkand area is now filled mainly with homes built in the 1920'2 to 1930's. Aside from a very rich local history, Samarkand is what many consider to be quintessentially Santa Barbara beautiful. Many homes have exceptional mountain views with rich and varied architecture, pride of ownership profoundly obvious, and an overall great feel that makes it... Continue Reading >

Located on the sea-cliff just outside the boundaries of Hope Ranch, Campanil Hill and Yankee Farm is a gorgeous private feeling neighborhood filled with larger homes and estates. The Campanil Hill and Yankee Farm Real Estate values average around $1.5 million to $4 million with the larger estates near the oceanfront seeing up to $8 million.
The area is not too large and some years does not see much real estate activity at all. 2013 comparatively saw a decent amount of real estate transactions compared to the last several years.
Below is a... Continue Reading >

The Mesa area of Santa Barbara has once again seen a very strong year in 2013 with regards to sales and especially price gains. Since the bottom of the market in June 2012, The Mesa has seen significant attention with continued buyer demand and lack of supply. Lack of inventory has driven up the prices for your "standard" single family home to near record levels. It can be argued that the prices are close (within 5-10%) to where they were at the peak in 2006.
Anytime a new listing comes up... Continue Reading >

Here are the latest 3rd quarter real estate updates for the Hope Ranch area here in Santa Barbara. As the graph shows, the market in Hope Ranch has been slower than the rest of the Santa Barbara area. Both the average list price and sold price have been down a fair amount compared to the last 2 years. Overall sales have also dropped compared to the previous 2 years.
Currently as of November 6th, 2013, there are:
29 Active Listings ranging in price from $2 million to $32 million. This is a... Continue Reading >

Here are the latest real estate statistics for the 3rd quarter 2013 here in Santa Barbara. As the graph shows, we have continued on a steady increase over the last few years in both average sales price as well as number of homes sold (although down just a little from last year). After a very strong rise in prices from June 2012 until August 2013, the market has seemed to steady itself. Prices are currently very stable feeling (no increase or decrease), demand is still very high and the biggest... Continue Reading >

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